Editing Adelaide Football Club (section)

====2014: Death of Dean Bailey, transfer of SANFL licence====
In March 2014, over one week prior to the commencement of the new season, assistant coach [[Dean Bailey]] died following a short battle with lung cancer.<ref name=DeanBaileydeath>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/former-melbourne-coach-and-adelaide-assistant-dean-bailey-dies-after-cancer-battle-aged-47/story-fni5f4l8-1226851178334 |title=Former Melbourne coach and Adelaide assistant Dean Bailey dies after cancer battle aged 47 |last1=Rucci |first1=Michelangelo |date=11 March 2011 |website=Herald Sun |publisher=News Ltd |access-date=11 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/former-melbourne-coach-dean-bailey-dies-20140311-hvha9.html|title=Former Melbourne coach Dean Bailey dies|date=11 March 2014|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-11/dean-bailey-dies-after-cancer-battle/5312114|title=AFL mourns death of Dean Bailey after battle with lung cancer|newspaper=ABC News |date=11 March 2014|access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref>

On the eve of the new season, the [[South Australian Football Commission]] announced it had struck a deal with the Adelaide Football Club which required the [[SANFL]] to transfer its ownership of the Crows' licence to the club, in exchange for payments totalling $11.326&nbsp;million between 2013 and 2028. The arrangement marked the first time the Adelaide Football Club had independent control of its own administration and came in conjunction with measures designed to solidify the SANFL's control of game development and the sport in [[South Australia]].<ref name=sanfllicense>{{cite web|url=http://sanfl.com.au/sa-football-commission-and-afl-agree-to-transfer-of-crows-and-power-licences/|title=SA Football Commission and AFL agree to transfer of Crows and Power licences|work=sanfl.com.au|date=27 March 2014|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908065037/http://sanfl.com.au/sa-football-commission-and-afl-agree-to-transfer-of-crows-and-power-licences/|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-27/crows2c-port-take-control-of-afl-licences/5349978|work=ABC News|date=27 March 2014|title=Adelaide Crows, Port Adelaide Power handed control of operations by SANFL|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-date=1 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101050118/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-27/crows2c-port-take-control-of-afl-licences/5349978|url-status=live}}</ref>